stolon : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: stolon	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stolon n a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips Synonym(s): stolon, runner, offset
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stolon \Sto"lon\, n. [L. stolo, -onis: cf. F. stolon. Cf. {Stole} a stolon, 1st {Stool}.] 1. (Bot.) A trailing branch which is disposed to take root at the end or at the joints; a stole. 2. (Zo[94]l.) An extension of the integument of the body, or of the body wall, from which buds are developed, giving rise to new zooids, and thus forming a compound animal in which the zooids usually remain united by the stolons. Such stolons are often present in Anthozoa, Hydroidea, Bryozoa, and social ascidians. See Illust. under {Scyphistoma}.